John Goldman

Partner @ Cooley LLP

About

John is a Partner in Cooley’s Infrastructure, Energy and Real Estate Group, where he focuses on digital and hard infrastructure, data center development and financing, private equity, M&A and energy transactions. John has represented sponsors, government agencies, public companies, investors, institutional lenders, and commercial real estate and infrastructure owners and operators in all forms of investment, disposition, development, operation, and financing. He has significant experience with distressed assets and companies, major infrastructure projects, joint venture investment and development, public company REIT spin-offs, mezzanine and construction lending, portfolio loan facilities, leasing, data center transactions, complex and distressed collateral and assets, restructuring, and gaming and hospitality investment, development, financing, operation, acquisition, and disposition.

Country

United States

City

New York City Metropolitan Area

Industry

Real Estate

Skill

Commercial Real Estate, Joint Ventures, Gaming, Hospitality, Infrastructure, Ports, Real Estate Development, REIT, Restructuring, Acquisitions, Dispositions, Finance, Strategic M&A, Corporate Law, Legal Writing, Data Center, IPO, Spin-offs, Board of Directors, Nonprofits

Experience

Partner

Cooley LLP

2026-2 - Present · 8 mos

New York, New York, United States

Building a modern real estate practice for the innovation driven world.

Partner

Kirkland & Ellis

2018-1 - 2026-2 · 8 yrs 2 mos

Greater New York City Area

John is a Partner in Kirkland's Real Estate practice where he focuses on real estate, private equity, M&A and infrastructure transactions. John has represented sponsors, government agencies, public companies, investors, institutional lenders, and commercial real estate owners and operators in all forms of commercial real estate investment, disposition, development, operation, and financing. He has significant experience with distressed retail, major infrastructure projects, joint venture investment and development, public company REIT spin-offs, mezzanine and construction lending, portfolio loan facilities, leasing, data center transactions, complex and distressed collateral and assets, restructuring, real estate-related M&A, and gaming and hospitality investment, development, financing, operation, acquisition, and disposition.

Counsel

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

2005 - 2018-1 · 13 yrs

Greater New York City Area

Commercial Real Estate and Infrastructure Attorney focusing on investment, financing, joint ventures, REIT's, development, PPP's, restructuring, distressed asset acquisition and disposition and real estate M&A transactions.